Usually it's the voltage stabilizer on the gauge printed circuit.  Cheap
part, fiddly to replace.

Gregory Smith
'88 VW Vanagon GL
'87 Bertone X1/9

Smith Design Studio
Small Building Company
Olympia, WA
360-239-0429
gregoryfsmith.com

-------- Original Message --------

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:46:53 -0700
From: dan rick <danrick01@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Fuel Level

My fuel gauge is not working. Does that automatically mean I need to
replace my
fuel level sending unit? Is there a way to know the sending unit is bad
WITHOUT
removing the tank? I would hate to buy the unit and remove the tank and
find out
that wasn't the issue. Anybody had any experience with this?